non-exclusive kalita records are proud to announce the first ever official reissue of the four choice tracks from randolph bakers privately pressed elusive 1982 disco album reaching for the stars.
the follow up to shawns timespan album for pittsburgh tracks is the next planet over an ep featuring four new tracks from pittsburghs synth maestro. the ep opens with works on paper, which is like a cross section of shawns acclaimed improvised live techno sets. the collection continues with last light on and switching rails two deep, driving synth numbers that are the product of shawns interaction with the beautiful surroundings of pittsburgh and its midwestern grit. finishing the ep is one more sometime a rare downtempo excursion propelled by synth bass and lush atmospherics. the follow up to shawns timespan album for pittsburgh tracks is the next planet over an ep featuring four new tracks from pittsburghs synth maestro. the ep opens with works on paper, which is like a cross section of shawns acclaimed improvised live techno sets. the collection continues with last light on and switching rails two deep, driving synth numbers that are the product of shawns interaction with the beautiful surroundings of pittsburgh and its midwestern grit. finishing the ep is one more sometime a rare downtempo excursion propelled by synth bass and lush atmospherics.
after a number of dance-floor’esque releases and live performances as a modern day acidhouse crooner, your planet is next stops the sequencer and takes a trip off the grid on the new label gröna stugans väg. 60 minutes of glittering lo-fi compositions, to accompany you perhaps while in the bathtub, meditating, painting, or swimming. the artwork folds out to a mini poster made by ypin himself. c60 cassette, limited to 140 copies.
its not often you stumble upon a 9 piece soul band, who were so close to signing a deal with mca’s new subsidiary source records. but group politics and other factors got in the way, and the band shelved what music they had recorded. no reels surfaced but fortunately a member had kept some of those 1978 recordings. between the two seemed to fuse great soul compositions without the durge of the disco era circa 1978. with well thought out lyrics, backed by keys, trumpets and a driving bassline we really are pleased to add the group to the super disco edit roster.
don’t sleep on this, as a record crammed to a brim with such insanely tight and varied material doesn’t hit the shops often. printed on a customary 180g elusive wax and limited to a measly 300 copies it won’t stay on the shelves for long and might just cause a riot! andrey burtaev is somewhat of a gleaming, speeding meteor that is about to hit our planet big and elusive records are proud to welcome him back for his second effort for the label. right from the start of the “move on dub” we are teleported to the heart of the deepest rainforest. the humid hallucinatory mist of the opening bars subversively flows into hooks laced with explosive jitters and locked-in, dubbed up tech-house beats. the jive comes in and reasserts the reggae roots so central to andrey’s music. the track is so dense with fresh ideas – it leaves you with that rare feeling of ‘not enough’.
NEXT STOP SOWETO 4: ZULU ROCK, AFRO DISCO AND MBAQANGA 1975-1986 (2X12 LP + CD)
2x12 Inch LP + CD 07.12.17
strut’s acclaimed series of south african music stops in at 1975 to 1985 when the township jive / mbaqanga sound had begun to embrace soul and post-punk and a slew of rock bands following the huge success of homegrown heroes harari. hidden classics from the movers, elias maluleke, kabasa and many more.
180 gram 2x12 lp in gatefold sleeve with cd-copy included.
arvid wretman once again dresses up as everyones favourite rave crooner your planet is next, delivering a stripped down, club-optimized follow-up to last years studio barnhus debut. focusing on minimal elements with maximal impact, the laid back ep ranges from rainy-day acid blues to bill hicks channeling breakbeat choons, all perfected for modern soundsystems by inhouse mixmaster pedrodollar and presented in a gorgeous full colour sleeve designed ypin himself.
next stop soweto vol. 1 - township sounds from the golden age of mbaqanga is the first volume of struts groundbreaking series of south african music, exploring lesser known township jive and mbaqanga 45s. artists include mahotella queens, izintombi zesi manje manje and lucky strike sisters.
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